DEATHS AT BROKEN HILL.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 357, 6 April 1889, Page 5

DEATHS AT BROKEN HILL.

Thames, April 5. A private cablegram has been received from Broken Hill, announcing the death of Mr Charles Wilson, who was well known by many in Auckland. He occupied many important positions at the Thames, having been at one time manager of the Queen of Beauty and other mines. He left here some years atro for Australia. George Dare, a young man of 19 years, who recently left Thames for Broken Hill, has also died ab that place.

A deputation of Canterbury fruitgrowers interviewed Mr W. P. Reeves, M.H.R., and Mr Taylor, M.H.R., yesterday with the object of obtaining further legislation for the piotection of colonial fiuit against the codlin moth. The deputation suggested levying a small tax on fruit trees, the prohibition of the importation of fruit from districts within the colony where the moth exists, the division of the colony into fruit districts, the administration of the Act to be left to local bodies. The members promised to do what they could to give efFect to their suggestions. Mr Reeves thought the Act would be administered with greater economy, uniformity, and strictness by the Geneial Government than by local bodies. It was also suggested that sheep inspectors might also act as orchard inspectors.